Tunisians in Italy

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|total =130,000

|total_year = 2016{{cite web |title=Communauté tunisienne à l'étranger |url=http://www.ote.nat.tn/fileadmin/user_upload/doc/Repartition_de_la_communaute_tunisienne_a_l_etranger__2012.pdf |website=www.ote.nat.tn |language=French}}

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|langs=Arabic (Tunisian Arabic), French and Italian

|rels=mainly Sunni Islam but also Irreligious and Atheism

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The presence of Tunisians in Italy dates back to the 1980s.

Numbers

In 2014 in Italy there were 96,012 regular immigrants from Tunisia. In 2006 there were 88,932. The three cities with most number of Tunisians are: Rome, Mazara del Vallo and Vittoria.{{cite news|url=http://www.comuni-italiani.it/statistiche/stranieri/tn.html|title= Comuni Italiani|date=11 January 2014|work=Comuni|accessdate=9 February 2014|language=it}}

Notable Tunisians in Italy

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  • Afef Jnifen (1963), model{{cite web|url=http://www.dagospia.com/rubrica-2/media_e_tv/afef-lascia-lei-sky-feltri-candidato-alle-europee-belpietro-verso-saxa-rubra-mimun-verso-4889.htm|title=Afef Jnifen - Dagospia|publisher=Dagospia|date=|accessdate=25 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232542/http://www.dagospia.com/rubrica-2/media_e_tv/afef-lascia-lei-sky-feltri-candidato-alle-europee-belpietro-verso-saxa-rubra-mimun-verso-4889.htm|archive-date=26 April 2014|url-status=live}}
  • Ghali (1993), rapper

See also

References

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Category:African diaspora in Italy

Category:Ethnic groups in Italy

Category:Muslim communities in Europe

Category:Italy–Tunisia relations